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CVC appoints co-founder as F1 chairmanCVC Capital Partners co-founder Donald Mackenzie has been appointed as chairman of the company that's been plagued with bribery allegations.
- CVC acquires technology group Raet
CVC has acquired Dutch technology group Raet in a secondary buyout thought to be worth up to €400m.
- CVC bulks up with Virgin Active deal
CVC, no stranger to partnering with entrepreneurs after investing in F1 with Bernie Ecclestone, has acquired a majority stake in a gym chain owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group.
- Nordic reaps huge return on sale to rival
Buyout firm Nordic Capital has sold one of the ‘jewels’ of its portfolio to regional rival EQT, generating a substantial return in the process.
- BC Partners within whisker of €6bn target
Buyout firm BC Partners has held a second close for its latest mega-fund just shy of its €6bn target, demonstrating that top tier firms are still able to attract significant amounts of capital despite a difficult fundraising environment.
- BC fund kicks off with €1.9bn deal
BC Partners has made its first acquisition with capital from its latest mega-fund, winning the hotly-contested auction for Swedish cable company Com Hem with a bid of SKr17bn (€1.9bn; $2.7bn).
- Texas Teachers’ to name PE advisor
The $109bn pension will choose between Hamilton Lane and Altius Associates as its private equity advisor to help meet its goal of spending $1.5bn on the asset class this year.
- CVC-backed Samsonite files $1.5bn IPO
Samsonite, purchased for $1.7bn at the height of the credit bubble in June 2008, will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- CVC takes stake in Philippine bank
CVC has followed its 2010 investment in Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai Financial with another Asian financial deal and its second in the Philippines, acquiring Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.
- CalSTRS reviews cost of external managers
The $150bn pension will consider more opportunities for internal management of investment assets as it looks for ways to cut costs.